Two targets that are complex for the client are chosen.
Phase 1: imitation at the word level with any feedback necessary. Continues until 75% accuracy is reached over at least two sessions (max 7).
Phase 2: Spontaneous production until 90% accurate over three sessions or twelve max.
(Bauman-Waengler, 2020)
Moderate to severe consistent phonological disorder
Phoneme collapse
Children from two and a half to eight years, four is the average range.
Not for those with phonemic structure difficulties
(Bauman-Waengler, 2020)
Studies by Elbert et al. (1984), Gierut (1985), and Williams (1991) show that using more complex sounds have a greater effect of change on a child's phonological system. This approach focuses on the sounds that the child is not stimulable and consonant clusters.
(Bauman-Waengler, 2020)
This activity can be used to target s blends